14-bit 2.2-MS/s sigma-delta ADC's

This paper presents the design and test results of a fourth-order and sixth-order 14-bit 2.2-MS/s sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The analog modulator and digital decimator sections were implemented in a 0.35 μm CMOS double-poly triple-level metal 3.3-V process. The design objective for these ADC's was to achieve 85 dB signal-to-noise distortion ratio (SNDR) with less than 200 mW power dissipation. Both modulators employ a cascade sigma-delta topology. The fourth-order modulator consists of two cascaded second-order stages which include 1-bit and 5-bit quantizers, respectively. The sixth-order modulator has a 2-2-2 cascade structure and 1-bit quantizer at the end of each stage. An oversampling ratio of 24 was selected to give the best SNDR and power consumption with realizable gain-matching requirements between the analog and digital sections     

Improved low-distortion sigma-delta ADC with DWA for WLAN standards

An improved low distortion sigma-delta ADC (analog-to-digital converter) for wireless local area network standards is presented. A feed-forward MASH 2-2 multi-bit cascaded sigma-delta ADC is adopted; however, this work shows a much better performance than the ADCs which have been presented to date by adding a feedback factor in the second stage to improve the performance of the in-band SNDR (signal to noise and distortion ratio), using 4-bit ADCs in both stages to minimize the quantization noise. Data weighted averaging technology is therefore used to decrease the mismatch noise induced by the 4-bit DACs, which improves the SFDR (spurious free dynamic range) of the ADC.The modulator has been implemented by a 0.18μm CMOS process and operates at a single 1.8 V supply voltage.Experimental results show that for a 1.25 MHz @ -6 dBFS input signal at 160 MHz sampling frequency, the improved ADC with all non-idealities considered achieves a peak SNDR of 80.9 dB and an SFDR of 87 dB, and the effective number of bits is 13.15 bits.     

Reconfigurable ADCs enable smart radios for 4G wireless connectivity

A reconfigurable ADC based on a 2-2 modified cascaded /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator designed for a GSM/WCDMA/WLAN/WiMAX zero-IF receiver has been presented. Employing the second-order feedforward /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator in a 2-2 modified cascaded configuration, a high linearity over 100 kHz/2 MHz/10 MHz signal bandwidth is achieved. The P-DWA technique is applied in the first feedback 4-b DAC to eliminate the spurious tones associated with the multibit DAC nonlinearity in the WLAN/WiMAX modes.     

A 16-bit cascaded sigma-delta pipeline A/D converter

A low-noise cascaded multi-bit sigma-delta pipeline analog-to-digital converter （ADC） with a low over-sampling rate is presented. The architecture is composed of a 2-order 5-bit sigma-delta modulator and a cascaded 4-stage 12-bit pipelined ADC, and operates at a low 8X oversampling rate. The static and dynamic performances of the whole ADC can be improved by using dynamic element matching technique. The ADC operates at a 4 MHz clock rate and dissipates 300 mW at a 5 V/3 V analog/digital power supply. It is developed in a 0.35μm CMOS process and achieves an SNR of 82 dB.     

84dB动态范围13b/400kHz/3V/5.88mW∑△模数转换器

介绍了一个200kHz信号带宽、用于低中频结构GSM射频接收机的高精度∑△调制器.为了达到高线性和稳定性,调制器采用2-1级联单比特的结构实现.电路在0.18μm CMOS工艺下流片验证,核心面积为0.5mm×1.1mm.调制器工作在19.2MHz的采样频率,在3V电源电压下功耗为5.88mW.测试结果表明,在200kHz信号带宽,过采样率为64的条件下,调制器达到84.4dB动态范围,峰值SNDR达到73.8dB,峰值SNR达到80dB.     

A cascaded continuous-time /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ Modulator with 67-dB dynamic range in 10-MHz bandwidth

This paper presents the design of a 2-2 cascaded continuous-time sigma-delta modulator. The cascaded modulator comprises two stages with second-order continuous-time resonator loopfilters, 4-bit quantizers, and feedback digital-to-analog converters. The digital noise cancellation filter design is determined using continuous-time to discrete-time transformation of the sigma-delta loopfilter transfer functions. The required matching between the analog and digital filter coefficients is achieved by means of simple digital calibration of the noise cancellation filter. Measurement results of a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS prototype chip demonstrate 67-dB dynamic range in a 10-MHz bandwidth at 8 times oversampling for a single continuous-time cascaded modulator. Two cascaded modulators in quadrature configuration provide 20-MHz aggregate bandwidth. Measured anti-alias suppression is over 50 dB for input signals in the band from 150 to 170 MHz around the sampling frequency of 160 MHz.     

A 16-bit cascaded sigma-delta pipeline A/D converter

A low-noise cascaded multi-bit sigma-delta pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a low oversampling rate is presented. The architecture is composed of a 2-order 5-bit sigma-delta modulator and a cascaded 4-stage 12-bit pipelined ADC, and operates at a low 8X oversampling rate, The static and dynamic performances of the whole ADC can be improved by using dynamic element matching technique. The ADC operates at a 4 MHz clock rate and dissipates 300 mW at a 5 V/3 V analog/digital power supply. It is developed in a 0.35 μm CMOS process and achieves an SNR of 82 dB.     

A re-configurable MASH 2-2 bandpass DQEFM for multi-standard applications

The design, analysis and implementation of a multi-stage noise shaping (MASH) bandpass modulator that employs a differentially quantized error feedback modulator (DQEFM) structure is described. The re-configurability, reduction of power-hungry active blocks and reduced sensitivity to circuit non-idealities makes this proposed bandpass modulator a suitable candidate for a digital intermediate frequency receiver system. The mathematical analysis and simulation results indicate the resemblance of the proposed modulator with the conventional sigma-delta modulator. The circuit level simulations indicate the better performance of the proposed modulator in terms of hardware complexity and power. The proposed cascaded modulator when implemented using 45nm CMOS process attains a signal-to-noise plus distortion ratio of 81.4 dB for a bandwidth of 200 kHz (GSM) and 61 dB for a bandwidth of 5 MHz (WCDMA). The circuit level simulation of the proposed bandpass architecture indicates a power consumption of 3.7 mW and 6.9 mW for GSM and WCDMA modes with 1V supply.     

A low power sigma-delta modulator for dual-mode wide-band receiver

This work presents a low power cascaded sigma-delta modulator for GSM and WCDMA applications. The proposed modulator has the characteristics of wide bandwidth for WCDMA applications and low distortion in the low frequency band for GSM applications. Low-distortion and interpolative techniques are used in this modulator to enhance the performance. The low-distortion technique has not only the swing-suppressing characteristic, but it can reduce the power consumption. Moreover, the resolution can be improved even under non-linearity effects. An experimental chip is implemented in the standard 0.18-μm 1P6M CMOS technology. The measurements indicate a dynamic range of 76/68 dB and a peak signal to noise plus distortion ratio of 70/61 dB for GSM/WCDMA applications. The core area is 1 × 1.4 mm² and the power consumption is 10.5/28 mW for GSM/WCDMA at 1.8 V.     

一种0.18m单层多晶硅CMOS音频-调制器

设计了一种应用于18位高精度音频模数转换器(ADC)的三阶Σ-Δ调制器。调制器采用2-1级联结构,优化积分器的增益来提高调制器的动态范围。采用栅源自举技术设计输入信号采样开关,有效提高了采样电路的线性度。芯片采用中芯国际0.18μm混合信号CMOS工艺,在单层多晶硅条件的限制下,采用MIM电容,实现了高精度的Σ-Δ调制器电路。测试结果表明,在22.05kHz带宽内,信噪失真比(SNDR)和动态范围(DR)分别达到90dB和94dB。     

A low-power triple-mode sigma-delta DAC for reconfigurable(WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/GSM) transmitters

A sigma-delta(Σ△) DAC with channel filtering for multi-standard wireless transmitters used in the software-defined-radio(SDR) system is presented.The conversion frequency,transfer function of the digital filter and theΣ△modulator,word-length of the IDAC and cut-off frequency of the analog reconstruction filter can be digitally programmed to satisfy specifications of WCDMA,TD-SCDMA and GSM standards.TheΣ△DAC fabricated in SMIC 0.13-μm CMOS process occupies a die area of 0.72 mm~2,while consuming 5.52/4.82/3.04 mW in WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/GSM mode from a single 1.2-V supply voltage.The measured SFDR is 62.8/60.1/ 75.5 dB for WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/GSM mode,respectively.     

三阶1-1-1级联Σ-Δ调制器的设计及仿真

采用MASH结构,设计了一款三阶(1-1-1)级联Σ-Δ调制器;讨论了各个模块的增益系数,设计了数字校正电路,并运用Matlab/Simulink对调制器进行了行为级仿真.当输入信号带宽为20 kHz,过采样比为64时,仿真模型得到87.7 dB的信噪比,精度为14.28位.与其他结构的调制器相比,该调制器更加稳定,动态范围更大,可应用于处理音频信号的A/D转换器.     

A third-order sigma-delta modulator with extended dynamic range

Oversampling modulators based on high-order sigma-delta modulation provide an effective means of achieving high-resolution analog-to-digital conversion in VLSI technology. Because high-order noise shaping greatly reduces the quantization noise in the signal band, the dynamic range of these modulators tends to be bounded by the thermal noise of the input stage and the maximum voltage swing in the signal path. This paper introduces a third-order cascaded sigma-delta modulator that uses a modified cascaded architecture and reduced gain in the first integrator to increase the dynamic range. An experimental modulator fabricated in a 1-μm CMOS technology attains a resolution of 17 b for a 25-kHz signal bandwidth while operating from a single 5-V supply. With an oversampling ratio of 128 and a clock frequency of 6.4 MHz, the modulator achieves a 104-dB dynamic range and a peak signal-to-noise+distortion ratio (SNDR) of 98 dB. As indicated by both measurements and simulations, the cascaded architecture also greatly reduces the discrete noise peaks that can be present in a single-stage architecture     

一种应用于LTE协议的高速ΣΔADC的降采样滤波器

设计了一种应用于LTE协议的20 MHz带宽、12-bit精度ΣΔ模数转换器中的降采样低通数字滤波器,该滤波器采用一级梳状滤波器与两级半带滤波器级联的结构。基于低功耗设计考虑,降采样滤波器采用多相分解、CSD编码等技术,并对片内时钟偏差、串扰等进行优化以提高芯片的产率和可靠性。该设计在SMIC 00.13μm 1P8M标准CMOS工艺流片,测试结果表明芯片工作在11.2 V电源电压和500 MHz时钟频率时,在20 MHz的信号带宽内,带本滤波器的ΣΔADC的峰值SNDR和SNR分别为64.16 dB和64.71 dB,滤波器的功耗为4.8 mW。     

Low-distortion bandpass /spl Sigma/-/spl Delta/ modulator for wireless radio receivers

A low-distortion bandpass sigma-delta modulator is proposed. It was found that the key to improving linearity is to add a feedforward signal path in a double-delay resonator bandpass structure. The proposed technique improves the tonal behaviour even at low oversampling ratio and can be applied for any order of modulator. Based on the proposed architecture, a fourth-order single-bit sigma-delta modulator can achieve a dynamic range of 84 dB and a spurious free dynamic range of 98 dB at 10.71 MHz with a signal bandwidth of 200 kHz, making it ideal for a narrowband IF-sampled wireless receiver designed for compliance with GSM/GPRS standards.     

Improved low-distortion sigma-delta ADC with DWA for WLAN standards

An improved low distortion sigma-delta ADC(analog-to-digital converter) for wireless local area network standards is presented.A feed-forward MASH 2-2 multi-bit cascaded sigma-delta ADC is adopted;however,this work shows a much better performance than the ADCs which have been presented to date by adding a feedback factor in the second stage to improve the performance of the in-band SNDR(signal to noise and distortion ratio),using 4-bit ADCs in both stages to minimize the quantization noise.Data weighted ...     

A 64-MHz clock-rate /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ ADC with 88-dB SNDR and -105-dB IM3 distortion at a 1.5-MHz signal frequency

A 64-MHz clock rate sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with -105-dB intermodulation distortion (IMD) at a 1.5-MHz signal frequency is reported. A linear replica bridge sampling network enables the ADC to achieve high linearity for high signal frequencies. Operating at an oversampling ratio of 29, a 2-1-1 cascade with a 2-b quantizer in the last stage reduces the quantization noise level well below that of the thermal noise. The measured signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) in 1.1-MHz bandwidth is 88 dB, and the spurious-free-dynamic-range (SFDR) is 106 dB. The modulator and reference buffers occupy a 2.6-mm/sup 2/ die area and have been implemented with thick oxide devices, with minimum channel length of 0.35 /spl mu/m, in a dual-gate 0.18-/spl mu/m 1.8-V single-poly five-metal (SP5M) digital CMOS process. The power consumed by the ADC is 230 mW, including the decimation filters.     

Bandpass Sigma–Delta Modulator Employing SAW Resonator as Loop Filter

Continuous-time bandpass (BP) sigma-delta modulators (SigmaDeltaMs) employing surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators as loop filters are presented. Compared with the loop filters realized with G_m-C and LC resonators, the SAW resonator has the advantage of high-Q factor, wide resonant frequency range and accurate resonant frequency without the need for automatic tuning. With the proposed anti-resonance cancellation and loop filter phase compensation techniques, a second- and a fourth-order BP SigmaDeltaMs are demonstrated in a 0.35-mum CMOS technology. Both modulators are tested with 47.3-MHz off-chip SAW resonators. The second-order modulator attains a dynamic range of 57 dB and peak signal-to-noise distortion ratio (SNDR) of 54 dB and the fourth-order one achieves a dynamic range of 69 dB and peak SNDR of 66 dB, both in a 200-kHz signal bandwidth. The fourth-order modulator is also measured in a 3.84-MHz signal bandwidth and achieves a dynamic range of 52.5 dB and peak SNDR of 50 dB, an effective 8-bit resolution     

Cascaded Complex ADCs With Adaptive Digital Calibration for $I/Q$ Mismatch

A complex analog-to-digital converter (ADC) intended for digital intermediate frequency (IF) receiver applications digitizes analog signals at IFs with excellent power/bandwidth efficiency. However, it is vulnerable to mismatches between its in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) paths that can dramatically degrade its performance. The proposed solution mitigates I/Q mismatch effects using a complex sigma-delta (SigmaDelta) modulator cascaded with 9-bit pipeline converters in each of the I and Q paths. The quantization noise of the first stage complex modulator is eliminated using an adaptive scheme to calibrate finite-impulse response digital filters in the digital noise-cancellation logic block. Although low-pass SigmaDelta cascade ADCs are widely used because of their inherent stability and high-order noise shaping, the complex bandpass cascade architecture introduced herein maintains these advantages and doubles the noise shaping bandwidth. Digital calibration also reduces the effects of analog circuit limitations such as finite operational amplifier gain, which enables high performance and low power consumption with high-speed deep-submicrometer CMOS technology. Behavioral simulations of the complex SigmaDelta/pipeline cascade bandpass ADC using the adaptive digital calibration algorithm predict a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 78 dB over a 20-MHz signal bandwidth at a sampling rate of 160 MHz in the presence of a 1% I/Q mismatch.     

A triple-mode hexa-standard reconfigurable TI cross-coupled ΣΔ modulator

Hardware reconfigurability is an attractive solution for modern multi-standard wireless systems. This paper analyses the performance and implementation of an efficient triple-mode hexa-standard reconfigurable sigma-delta (∑?) modulator designed for six different wireless communication standards. Enhanced noise-shaping characteristics and increased digitisation rate, obtained by time-interleaved cross-coupling of ∑? paths, have been utilised for the modulator design. Power/hardware efficiency and the capability to acclimate the requirements of wide hexa-standard specifications are achieved by introducing an advanced noise-shaping structure, the dual-extended architecture. Simulation results of the proposed architecture using Hspice shows that the proposed modulator obtains a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 83.4/80.2/67.8/61.5/60.8/51.03 dB for hexa-standards, i.e. GSM????????/Bluetooth/GPS/WCDMA/WLAN/WiMAX standards with significantly less hardware and low operating frequency. The proposed architecture is implemented in 45 nm CMOS process using a 1 V supply and 0.7 V input range with a power consumption of 1.93 mW. Both architectural- and transistor-level simulation results prove the effectiveness and feasibility of this architecture to accomplish multi-standard cellular communication characteristics.